本书搜集了作者谢选骏三十年来有关佛教的55篇文章。上卷是他成为一个基督徒〔1996年〕之前的作品;下卷是他成为一个基督徒〔1996年〕之后写作的。但是上卷和下卷的观点却有相当一致，从中看到:作者的论述并非发自宗派的立场，而是出自真实的感想。佛教的历史命运，就是作为第二期中国文明的要素而传播到了整个东亚。而后随着第二期中国文明的结束，佛教也在中国趋于衰落。Synopsis:This two-volume book anthologizes 54 articles by Mr. Xie Xuanjun over thirty years. The first volume consists of works before he became a Christian in 1996, and the second volume consists of works after he became a Christian. But the views in the two volumes are quite inter-consistent, indicating that the discussions contained therein do not proceed from sectional positions, but rather from genuine feelings. Buddhism, an important component of the second phase of the Chinese civilization, was spread throughout the East Asia, and started to decline in China with the end of the second phase of the Chinese civilization.